According to ASHENEWS, the World Bank has identified Sokoto and six other states in the Northwest and Northeast regions of Nigeria as potential areas that may experience food crisis. The reason behind this is the high level of insecurity and armed conflicts that have led to a decrease in the standard of living across these regions.
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In a statement by the spokesperson of the Forum, Abdulraque Barkindo, made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday, the governors met with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu to discuss the interwoven link between the trio of food inflation, escalating cross-country insecurity, and currency depreciation.
Some financial experts have urged the Federal Government to allocate more foreign exchange into the financial system to address illiquidity and tackle food insecurity challenges due to rising inflation.
The ECOWAS Commission said more than 4.8 million people across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are facing food insecurity resulting from the spate of terrorist attacks and military takeover of their governments.
The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale has revealed that an estimated 4.3 million people are food insecure in the Northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa has left 23.4 million people acutely food insecure and 5.1 million children acutely malnourished.
ASHENEWS reports that the former Sokoto state governor, and presidential candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) during the 2007 general elections, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa has warned that banditry would get a boost if the Federal government failed to fight food insecurity.
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